The Mexican Wagon Train

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Red Dead Redemption missionThe Mexican Wagon Train
Start	Chuparosa
End	New Austin border area, Ramita de la Baya
Given by	Landon Ricketts
Location	Escalera, road to New Austin
Rewards	+170 Fame
Progression
Unlocked by	Landon Ricketts mission strand: "Lucky in Love"
Unlocks	Abraham Reyes mission strand: "The Gates of El Presidio"

“Look at me. I spent twenty-five years killing men. Look at me now. Sitting around here like some low rent would-be messiah. We're relics. C'mon, have yourself another drink and let's wallow in a little self-pity.”

–Landon Ricketts.

The Mexican Wagon Train is a mission in Red Dead Redemption.

Story

John Marston joins Landon Ricketts for a drink at the local bar in Chuparosa, and asks for more information on Javier Escuella. Ricketts says he doesn't have any information and proceeds to ask why Marston wants Javier so bad. The two exchange stories about their life, Marston explaining why he left his gang.

The two are interrupted as Luisa comes running in, saying that innocent people, writers and government officials are sentenced to death without trial, by none other than Colonel Allende.

Walkthrough

Mission Objectives

To complete this mission, the player must:

• Locate the prison wagon convoy.
• Eliminate the convoy guards and drivers without wrecking the wagons.
• Drive the wagons to the border with Ricketts.
• Fight his way across the bridge.

Mission Details

After the intro movie, the two leave the bar and head towards Escalera. After a while an army convoy arrives, which the player will try to stop by taking over the first wagon. This is accomplished by killing all of the guards as well as the driver, without harming the wagon.

After taking control of the first wagon, drive the prisoners back to American soil. At the bridge crossing over to America, there will be a heavy ambush with fire bottles, a Gatling Gun, and general gunfire. The player does not need to stop and take out all enemies to complete the mission. There is some TNT on the bridges, which can be shot to kill most of the enemies.

After reaching America, the prisoners will be set loose and Ricketts will take over, sending Marston on his way.

This mission is the last one in the Landon Ricketts storyline.

Mission Dialogues

Main article: The Mexican Wagon Train/dialogues

Mission Failure

The mission will fail if the player:

• Assaults, kills or abandons Landon Ricketts.
• Kills Landon's horse.
• Kills the horses pulling the wagons.
• Kills the prisoners.
• Breaks the law.
• Kills a dog.
• Commits vandalism.
• Assaults or kills townsfolk.
• Dies.
• Strays too far from the mission location.

New Game Elements Introduced

• Hijacking horses and vehicles

Trivia

• Landon Ricketts may have never come back from America to Mexico once he escorted the prisoners to the U.S.A. at the end of the mission, since in the Newspapers article (published in 1914) about Landon's death it says that he spent the last 3 years of his life in U.S.A., making the year he left Mexico 1911, which is also the year in which he escorts the prisoners to U.S.A.
• In the last cutscene, you can see that one of the prisoners has a similar face to Armadillo shopkeeper Herbert Moon. This man is also the minister of the Blackwater Chapel.
• There is a dialogue continuity conflict in this mission. There is a bit where Ricketts admonishes Marston for "jumping fences" and helping both the rebels and Allende. But this mission can be completed without having done any of the missions given by Vincente de Santa, Luisa Fortuna or Abraham Reyes.

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Achievement

Completing this mission contributes toward the following Trophy/Achievement:

	REDEEMED 100 gamerscore Gold gold Attain 100% List in the singleplayer game completion list.